black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Profound music leads us beyond language…to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.

Cornel West

I’m actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse.
CORNEL WEST

Philosophy Understanding Way
John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O’Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and post-addicts who make such grand contributions to our society?
CORNEL WEST

Country Holiday Our People Society
It’s true that in reading an interview, I have a little critique of the objectification of women in a [Playboy] magazine that is perceived to doing that.
CORNEL WEST

Littles Magazine Reading
Profound music leads us beyond language…to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.
CORNEL WEST

Dark Profound Root
Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.
CORNEL WEST

Constant Possibility Probability
Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.
CORNEL WEST

Culture Hip Hop Rap
Interrogate yours hidden assumptions
CORNEL WEST

Assumption Hidden Interrogate
confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder
CORNEL WEST

Form Murder Soul
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)
CORNEL WEST

Democracy Majority Rights
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.
CORNEL WEST

Ghetto Police Racism
As human beings, everyone has stuff coming at them, and a certain kind of fear.
CORNEL WEST

Certain Kind Stuff
Truth is fine. Absolutely.
CORNEL WEST

Absolute Fine Truth
Rage is fine as long as it doesn’t deteriorate into bitterness.
CORNEL WEST

Bitterness Long Rage
Isabel Wilkerson’s book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don’t miss it!
CORNEL WEST

Book Miss People
You can’t have a high-quality relationship without time and without trust.
CORNEL WEST

High Quality Trust Without
He who learns death unlearns slavery.
CORNEL WEST

Slavery Thrive Unlearn

Profound music leads us beyond language…to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Profound music leads us beyond language…to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Cornel West Quotes